DayofPal— The team behind the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack used their major victory at the BAFTA TV Awards in London to criticize the BBC publicly and highlight the broadcaster’s censorship after it decided to shelve the film.
The documentary, originally commissioned by the BBC but never aired, won in the current affairs category at the BAFTA TV Awards ceremony held at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
The film, broadcast by Channel 4, investigates the situation of medical workers in Gaza during Israel’s genocide. The BBC reportedly dropped the project over “concerns about impartiality.”
On stage, journalist Ramita Navai delivered a strong political speech after accepting the award. She said Israel had killed tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza and targeted hospitals and medical workers.
She also said the investigation found that more than 1,700 Palestinian health workers had been killed and over 400 had been abducted. She described the situation as “medicide,” citing United Nations language.
Navai said the BBC funded the investigation but refused to air it. She ended her remarks with a defiant message: “We refuse to be silenced and censored.”
Executive producer Ben De Pear also spoke during the acceptance speech. He dedicated the award to journalists in Gaza who worked under extreme danger, saying more than 250 of their colleagues had been killed.
De Pear then directly addressed the BBC on camera and questioned whether the broadcaster would also cut their speech from the BAFTA TV Awards broadcast, which airs later on delay.
The moment became one of the mai highlights of the ceremony, which also featured major wins for Netflix’s Adolescence and Disney+’s A Thousand Blows.
The incident adds renewed pressure on the BBC over pro-Israel bias and editorial decisions involving Gaza coverage and media freedom debates in the UK.
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